Where does “hopeanitraatti” come from?

hopeanitraatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish hopea, from Proto-Finnic hopeda, from Proto-Germanic samftijaz.

hopeanitraatti (Finnish): silver nitrate

Definitions

  1. silver nitrate

Ancestry of “hopeanitraatti”, step by step

hopeanitraatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hopea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhopeasilver
2Proto-Finnichopedasilver; soft
3Proto-Germanicsamftijaz—

via Finnish nitraatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnitraattinitrate
Every word from Proto-Germanic samftijaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic hopeda →Every word from Finnish hopea →